Vanessa Wright
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About me
When life is hard it can help to talk in confidence to someone supportive and non-judgemental, someone who is independent and outside the situation, and who can offer a different perspective. Counselling can help to make a way forward seem easier, a way that you may not have thought about before.
I know it can be very hard deciding to see a counsellor, but exploring together what is troubling you, in a warm and secure space, can make all the difference. I can also offer telephone and online counselling. I am a Senior Accredited Member of the BACP. I use different approaches to suit each person's needs. I have particular experience working with anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties.
COUPLE COUNSELLING
Life changes can bring stresses to any relationship, often resulting communication difficulties. It can be helpful to involve me, a third party, to help you gain insight into your relationship, resolve conflict, and improve relationship satisfaction. I aim to do this alongside you, in a caring, supportive and non-judgmental way. Partners don't always have the same goals, and occasionally this involves separation. I offer therapeutic advice to Thameside Lawyers and Mediators helping to reduce conflict during separation and divorce.
FAMILY THERAPY
The aim of family therapy is to find ways for family members to help each other by members communicating better with each other. We talk together about important family beliefs and who else is involved with the family. The whole family, including children, are usually seen together, in a confidential and non-judgemental way, and I encourage everyone who comes to have their say and to share their feelings, if they wish. I am an honorary member of the CNWL NHS family therapy unit.
Usually, our initial contract will run for six weeks, and then we will review the counselling process together, and decide about further sessions, aiming to meet on a weekly basis at a regular time.
I welcome adults, couples and families to a comfortable private room in West Molesey. I also offer telephone and online counselling.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BA(Hons) PGCE
- Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Counselling
- Registered Member BACP (Snr Accred)
- Post Qualifying Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Diploma in Integrative Supervision
- Relate Certificate in Relational Counselling (Registration No: 12519)
- Family Therapy Certificate (King's College, London)
- Honorary member Family Therapy CNWL NHS Foundation Trust
- https://finder.bupa.co.uk/go/vanessa_wright,
I have worked with adults since 2004, and have been a school counsellor since 2005. I also worked as the Clinical Services Manager for a large counselling charity based in Walton on Thames for many years. I hold an honorary contract with an NHS Foundation Trust in the Family Therapy department.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Couples and Families
Our initial contract will run for six weeks, and then we will review the counselling process together, and decide about further sessions. Normally we will meet on a weekly basis at a regular time.
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
My fees are:
- £60 per counselling session (50 minutes)
- £90 per couples session (50 minutes)
- £110 per family therapy session (60 minutes)
When I work
Daytime and evening availability.
Further information
My practice is in West Molesey, the nearest station is Hampton Court and the 411/461 buses stop nearby. Parking is available.
